Guerrilla Bandanna — how to interpret “+1 for each of his favored enemies”?


Rules Questions


Hi all,

English isn’t my first language, so I’m having trouble parsing a sentence on the Guerrilla Bandanna:

Quote:
If the wearer is a ranger, the guerrilla bandanna increases his favored enemy bonus on attack rolls by 1 for each of his favored enemies.

I’m not sure whether “for each of his favored enemies” means:

A) Add +1 per favored-enemy *category* you have (so the bonus stacks based on how many favored enemies you’ve selected), or
B) Each favored enemy bonus increases by only +1 (flat +1, no stacking).

Example to illustrate:
Assume a vanilla (no archetype) 20th-level ranger with 5 favored enemies total, distributed as:
- one favored enemy at +10, and
- four favored enemies at +2 (i.e. all the +2 increases went into one category)

With the guerrilla bandanna, would the favored enemy bonus on attack rolls become:
A) +15 / +7 / +7 / +7 / +7 (i.e. +5 because I have 5 favored enemies), or
B) +11 / +3 / +3 / +3 / +3 (i.e. +1 to each category)?

I’d appreciate any RAW reading, grammar explanation, or official clarification if one exists.

Thanks!


B is the correct reading.
There are quite a few prepositions here, so I can see the issue. The "for each of his favored enemies" phrase should be read as "it applies [once] to all the ranger's favored enemies."

Option A would likely be written as, "...by 1 per favored enemy," "...by 1, and increases by 1 for each favored enemy chosen," or the ambiguous "...for each favored enemy."

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